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The Heretic
01-30-2019, 01:01 AM
Can we get some GM enforcement on the blatant boxing that goes on with people running secondary accounts on an exemption and using a /who script to look for their pvp enemies? It's why you have a 50 pop pvp server FYI. You code is fundamentally flawed when all it takes is some neckbeard with 50 retired alts checking his second monitor's whobot every 3 seconds for fresh log-ins.

Doctor Jeff
01-30-2019, 03:46 PM
There is no evidence in this thread to indicate, in either direction, whether this is a feature or a bug, classic or non-classic.

It is the responsibility of the public, not the staff, to present evidence which proves a change classic. It is then the responsibility of the staff, not the public, to determine whether or not it is a change that should be made. Personal recollection is never sufficient evidence to alter game mechanics.

Please find below: Links to guides for both creating a bug report and researching evidence.

Please read before posting! (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19)

Miscellaneous: How do I research? (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5570)

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Xaeophi
02-03-2019, 08:02 AM
lol @ ^

aaezil
02-03-2019, 09:25 AM
Bad server is bad

Sirlious Mudhbuth
04-15-2019, 04:38 PM
We would love to have you on Rise of Zek.

towbes
08-09-2020, 10:23 PM
This is old, but bumping anyway. This isn't even an issue of having a /who "bot". Anyone can just bind a key to do /who all constantly, and have a log parser like GINA searching for UNKNOWN to know when and where anyone logs in.

This does not seem to be to the spirit of what classic EQ features like /role and /anon do. Instead it completely breaks those features.

Is this at all on the radar for change?

Tigerstyle Wutangfist
08-10-2020, 01:07 PM
An additional concern (if you are doing something against the rules) is a player can friend all the GMs. If a GM logs to red (even if showing offline) they will appear briefly as they enter world on /who all friend, giving the offending player a insight that they should stop boxing/doing whatever.

greenspectre
08-14-2020, 11:45 AM
An additional concern (if you are doing something against the rules) is a player can friend all the GMs. If a GM logs to red (even if showing offline) they will appear briefly as they enter world on /who all friend, giving the offending player a insight that they should stop boxing/doing whatever.

Had to pop in because this name rang bells. Tiger, were you on Quellious or am I insane?

Tigerstyle Wutangfist
08-14-2020, 10:09 PM
I was - unfortunately I am not him - just a homage to the greatest name ever.

greenspectre
08-15-2020, 10:23 AM
I was - unfortunately I am not him - just a homage to the greatest name ever.

You're not wrong. I played a dwarf paladin of no special notoriety on Quellious for most of my early tenure there, but every time I saw that name, I was like...damn what a cool fuckin monk.

Tigerstyle Wutangfist
08-15-2020, 09:41 PM
Yeah, i specifically remember that, Astuce the bard who ran back and forth from Common/Gfay selling stuff, and the various primal wielding high elf mask VM/LC rogues in EC.

fuckshit22
12-07-2021, 11:33 PM
disable /who all friend on red if nothing else is going to be done about these boxxed eyes and whobots please. within seconds of loading into certain characters a perdition/salt squad knows where you are and starts porting that way. very fun, very healthy. no reason for this exploit to remain on a pvp server.

Baugi
12-08-2021, 12:45 AM
disable /who all friend on red if nothing else is going to be done about these boxxed eyes and whobots please. within seconds of loading into certain characters a perdition/salt squad knows where you are and starts porting that way. very fun, very healthy. no reason for this exploit to remain on a pvp server.

<Apex>/<Sicks>'s guildleader was banned for scripting. You've had a variety of automated whobots on VPNs banned for scripting. You've had a whobot break and publicly spam ooc with malformed automated messages disparaging Perdition members.

... but somehow it's Perdition's fault for binding a friends list to a movement key (which doesn't give location anymore) like everyone else on the server?

Oof.

fuckshit22
12-08-2021, 01:10 AM
<Apex>/<Sicks>'s guildleader was banned for scripting. You've had a variety of automated whobots on VPNs banned for scripting. You've had a whobot break and publicly spam ooc with malformed automated messages disparaging Perdition members.

... but somehow it's Perdition's fault for binding a friends list to a movement key (which doesn't give location anymore) like everyone else on the server?

Oof.

you don't know who i am, stay on topic please.

Tune
12-08-2021, 06:52 AM
<Apex>/<Sicks>'s guildleader was banned for scripting. You've had a variety of automated whobots on VPNs banned for scripting. You've had a whobot break and publicly spam ooc with malformed automated messages disparaging Perdition members.

... but somehow it's Perdition's fault for binding a friends list to a movement key (which doesn't give location anymore) like everyone else on the server?

Oof.

get your facts straight weirdo

u mean banned for a wine quest i hand clicked? while others might have scripted

with 0 evidence and poor timestamps, check out the leaked logs

u think they actually have any good data to prove anything? no? they don't even have the x, y coordinate logged on click... lol

its called corrupt authority

we live with it everyday

Heywood
12-08-2021, 11:50 AM
You calling the GMs corrupt for catching you hacking?

BIG YIKES